First Issues - 1886 to 1889

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South African provinces

New Republic

[7th January 1886]1886 SG Sc

Zululand

1st May 1888SG1 Sc1

First real stamp1894 SG20 Sc15

New Republic was a Boer area, omitted from the British annexation of Zululand in 1887, but became part of Transvaal in 1888 and of the Union of South Africa. All issues were individually handstamped on sheets of gummed and perforated paper. The designs are all pretty similar, though some include the date printed and others not. The stamp shown is a representative example from 1886. In Northeastern Natal, Zululand was annexed by GB in 1887 and used GB and Natal overprints until a set of real stamps was issued in 1894.

Colombian state

Bogota

1889 SG Sc-LX1

Not strictly a provincial issue, Scott lists Bogota as a Local Stamp. Not found in Gibbons. All the provinces are listed in the main Colombia entry.

Malayan state

Pahang

[1st January 1889]1889 SG4a Sc4

1948 SG47 Sc44 Silver Wedding

As is becoming the norm with Malayan states, the first Straits Settlements overprints for Pahang exclude themselves on grounds of cost, to be replaced with a slightly later overprint, together with another wedding anniversary commemorative.

Martinique

18th July 1886SG1 Sc1

1892 SG33 Sc33

Commemorative1931 SG130 Sc129 Colonial Exposition

Airmail1945 SG222 ScC1

Charity1915 SG83 Sc-B1

Post Due1927 SG-D130 Sc-J15

First real Post Due1933 SG-D174 Sc-J26

Another French colony (this one in the West Indies) with mostly standard issues, although the first charity and the first real post due are beginning to show some originality (Scott notes that the first fourteen post due labels were not officially issued).